Drills really hate me. There hasn't a single drill where I've come out with more gains then losses, or hit all the "lose rolls" spaces right away.

Is this the case for anyone else, or am I just having really bad luck. I haven't been sending my monsters on drills to even learn moves because it damages their stats.

Drills are very random, but there are some really great times to do specific locations. Most of my drills are 3-4 gains max. However, I just had a magic run where I had 15 gains (non primary stat, so a total of about 200 gained points) in the Promiass ruins.

I've had a couple of really good runs. I just wish that the discounts didn't hate me. Stupid Colt....

I don't think the dice roll is random. I believe it's based on a certain tempo- '52 beats a minute'-ish. I use an online metronome with these settings, and I usually get within 1 number or right on, which is to be expected accounting for human error.

Any thoughts on if you get more beneficial rolls
with a monster that has higher potential? Like
perhaps the rolls are still random number generation
to a point, but weighted for "luck".

Of course, if KK's found the proper count...that
would mean there's nothing random about the dice
roll at all.

Number of rolls are directly determined by your Life stat.

And no, the dice are never weighted for potential. Potential deals with stat gain patterns only.

About the discounts - I've noticed they come after an official cup.

I actually did a drill over the weekend where I actually lost stats. x.x

Tired him out, wasted lifespan and money for a loss.

That stunk obviously.

Funny, I did too. baout 20 minutes after I posted the above message.

Gained rolls, lost rolls, fail, fail, fail.

Yet I still learned a tech...

Thats happened to me twice..I had a bad drill where I lost more than gained..and I still gained a tech when going back to the ranch...
but I also have had quite a few really good drills where I gained 5-6, or more

I drill often reguardless of the discount...

I actually find that I gain techs more when I have bad Drills than when I have good ones.

I dont know if this hold true...but it happened to me twice last night..
It seemed to learn a new tech on it's own after failing on the last block on the drills I was doing...
unfortunately, I wasnt paying a lot of attention if that was the case the other times my monster learned a tech on it's own after a bad drill..

I tend to get good stat gains when I drill, but rarely pick up a new tech.

If it's an help, I get mediocre rolls/mediocre skills, but a fair amount of techniques.